F1A&G posts tagged sporting regs
Ferrari President Luca di Montezemolo has once again voiced his unhappiness with the current technical regulations and testing rules, as well as the limit of two cars per team, and warned that his team won’t hesitate to pull out of the sport if changes are not made. Read More …
F1 has tried for years to figure out how to encourage overtaking. This year they have found the most successful formula yet — with the moveable rear wings and the power boost button — and yet every time there is a failed attempt to overtake, one driver has to pay for the failure with a debilitating penalty. Read More …
Formula 1 is reportedly considering an increase in the tire allocations for qualifying in 2012, following controversy about cars not running in Q3 this year. Read More …
This is really difficult to swallow. Not only penalizing drivers for racing incidents, Charlie Whiting and the FIA now want to memorialize the “one move” rule as a formal offense. Read More …
Three-time F1 World Champion Niki Lauda says McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton, who tangled with Mark Webber and race winner Jenson Button at the Canadian Grand Prix, is “completely mad” and someone will get killed if Hamilton not sanctioned. Read More …
Formula One has stepped into the void with DRS, KERS and all the new 2011 technical rules. It’s F1, just not as we’ve ever known it. Read More …
2008 World Champion Lewis Hamilton dismisses criticisms that rules changes this year have led to too much overtaking in Formula 1. “Anything that makes the racing more exciting should be applauded…” Read More …
Qualifying plays a determining role in the outcome of F1 races, even if in a different way to what happened in the past. Read More …
F1’s governing body is considering banning use of the DRS (drag reduction system) moveable wing system for the Monaco Grand Prix. Read More …
An insightful commentary from last spring by well-respected F1 journalist Maurice Hamilton. Changing one clause in the FIA’s rule book could give a much-needed boost to overtaking in Grand Prix racing. Read More …